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A national minimum wage for South Africa

20 September 2019

Minimum wages have been utilised in both developing, and developed, countries for many years. The introduction of a minimum wage... into our law is therefore, from a comparative perspective, not a novel concept. However, it is new to South African law.

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POPI and your business

09 November 2015

I have a small insurance brokerage firm with a number of private clients. To service my clients I have to... obtain and keep personal information of them on file. Is POPI going to affect me and will I have to change the way I am currently dealing with my client information?

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Can an employer demand biometric information from its employees?

06 April 2014

The need for greater and more stringent security measures in the business environment, has seen the introduction of sophisticated control... and security systems. These systems increasingly make use of biometric information such as fingerprinting, blood typing, voice recognition, retinal scanning etc. as unique personal identifiers allowing access to/egress from physical locations, programmes, systems or networks. For an employer to implement such control measures, biometric information must be collected from employees, raising questions as to whether employees can be forced to provide biometric information, under which circumstances and for what purposes.

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POPI: Are you all set?

25 October 2013

The protection of privacy in South Africa has undergone intense investigation over the last decade. In late 2005 the South... African Law Reform Commission found that there wasn’t adequate protection and that a new, separate piece of legislation was needed for the proper protection of one’s personal information. This paved the way for the long process which is now finally coming to an end with the Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPI”) recently passed by the National Assembly and is now awaiting enactment. POPI holds implications for all businesses and you should assess your readiness for this important new piece of legislation.

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Nuwe wet beskerm jou persoonlike inligting

25 October 2012

Jou eerste dagtaak op kantoor voordat jy met jou werk kan begin is om die magdom “spam” van jou inkomende... eposse uit te vee. Om nie eers te praat van die onwelkome oproepe en sms’e van tele-bemarkers wat dienste aan jou wil smous van maatskappye wat jy nog nooit eers van gehoor het nie. As hierdie situasie aan jou welbekend is mag jy verlig wees om te weet dat daar ‘n nuwe Wet oppad is wat besighede aan bande gaan lê wat ons persoonlike inligting na harte lus gebruik en verkoop sonder ons wete of toestemming.

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